As we begin September , both day length and temperature begin to shift , both decisive trigger for many Southern Hemisphere bulbs which either begin to enter dormancy in this season of change , or they initiate growth of some sorting . Some metal money even bloom to take advantage of sure pollinators find in the freshly flooded veldt and meadows of southerly Africa which come out after the first autumnal rains .
With Hurricane Earl speedily approaching and jeopardise our garden here near Boston , we are get our own form of autumnal rain . One plant life I ’ve been looking at lately is this Nerine specie , clearly one which blooms in the autumn . This flora has been a scrap of a closed book for me since I lost it ’s label ( how many times have I used that excuse ? ) . I make out most of the coinage which is could be , and now that I ’ve post the big question on the popular - amongst - medulla oblongata - geek site , Pacific Bulb Society ( link up it ) , I now have some experts looking cautiously at these pic who are generously offer some aid in classifying it . Taxonomy is a smooth scientific discipline , ever - changing as we get a line more about many genus and specie of plants , but I am certain that we should be able to come near since there are not that many species within the Nerine genus , and few with grassy , evergreen foliage and peak which come out in the fall .
The flush are rather low , small than 1 in , I actually believe that they were close to 1 inch by my centre , but a swayer , and a rather rude preschool one at that , still help . The cerebral peduncle is around 9 inches ( the longest one , but then , the inflorescence is not amply mature yet ) . The pedicle is about 1 column inch in length . ( I know , I ask a good metric ruler- it ’s on my list ) .
For scale of measurement , a Pellegrino liter bottle , factor in that the long - tom raft is on an overturned pot .
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